A fine pair of Worcester ‘Blind Earl’ plates

A fine pair of Worcester 'Blind Earl' plates, painted in the London atelier of James Giles in coloured enamels with butterflies, ladybirds and other winged insects, the leaves decorated in green and yellow, the lobed rim with a gilt band, 7 3/4" diameter, circa 1765, no marks

See Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles, China and Glass Painter, number 7, for a similar plate, but only painted with flowers 

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